Lois I. Edgeton

Lois was born Aug. 27, 1918, in Hazelton, Iowa, to Mahlon and Elsie (Shepherd) Eastman. Lois married Leo Edgeton on Oct. 10, 1934. The couple was married for 64 years before Leo’s passing on Feb. 16, 1999.

Lois is survived by her children, Lyle (Jan), Russell (Glenda), Bernard (Kathy), Kay (Lorrie), and Richard (Carol) Edgeton; daughter-in-law, Beverly (James); 16 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren with two on the way; sister, Shirley Bucknell; and two sisters-in-law, Mildred and Sharon Eastman.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mahlon and Elsie Eastman; husband, Leo Edgeton; children, James Leo and Mary Jo; grandsons, Craig James and Todd Russell; sisters, Esther Doane and Lelah Barnes; and brothers, Dale, Clinton, Homer, Roger, Herbert, Amos and Jimmy Eastman.

Memorials are preferred to the family so they may direct them to agencies such as Heartland Hospice and the Good Samaritan Society.

Mass of Christian burial was at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Pine River. Visitation was Friday from 5-7 p.m. at Kline Funeral Home, Pine River, and one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial was in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Pine River, with a lunch that followed at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church.